Folks in Austin, TX seem more willing to embrace arbitrary norms about politeness than in Boston, and that is good
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
Get basic politeness and comfort out of the way early so you can focus on more important things
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
I can appreciate this even though spandrel norms and conversations about nothing literally kill me
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Replying to @makoConstruct
what are the odds that you only think you hate it because you rarely, if ever, feel cared for by other community members?
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Replying to @BagelDaughter @makoConstruct
I ask because I don't mind pointless conversations if they're with people I care about
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
I think there're other things at play. There are people who are worth putting up with broken protocols for, but,
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Replying to @makoConstruct @BagelDaughter
most of the people I'd put in that category.. I'd take them right out again if they expressed attachment to those protocols
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Replying to @makoConstruct @BagelDaughter
(Uncritical perpetuation of headless norms makes a person a liability, I will work with them, but I wont bring them in.)
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Replying to @makoConstruct
I dunno, I feel so relatively resource-limited that i'd rather put up with the less important arbitrary protocols and move on
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being robust to tolerating norm-breaking is important too though, but everyone has their particular hang ups
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